Unpacking is Fun!
jmcquown wrote:
> After over a year of basically living in someone elses' house, now
> that I've officially moved here I'm making it my own home. I've
> rediscovered my own (sort of) belongings. Some of this stuff my
> mother gave me years ago. Like the set of copper-tinted Jell-O molds
> from the 1950's. I've had them packed away in a storage room for the
> last 20 years. They're now back out, freshly washed and shining
> brightly! I'm going to hang them in my kitchen just as though I was
> a 1960's housewife. LOL
>
> I've unpacked my Fiestaware. (No, not the stuff that was lead based;
> I bought mine later.) I have several lovely bright soup bowls, a
> purple art-deco style pitcher and a spoon rest. It's good to see my
> own housewares again.
>
> I removed my mothers old boring Corelle dishes (I had the same ones
> for years) and put my white lattice patterned dishes in the cabinet.
> I removed the 1970's gold glassware and replaced them with my cobalt
> blue goblets.
>
> Up until now I've basically been living out of a suitcase and feeling
> like I was staying in a time-share (as Nancy Young put it). Now that
> I'm getting to unpack my own things, decorate my house, it feels good.
>
> OB Food: dinner tonight will be baked flounder fillets with steamed
> spinach. Served on my own plates!
Bored, Jill...???
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Best
Greg
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